When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.

There are not the weeds the ones that drown the good seed, but the negligence of the peasant.

Your eyes are always bigger than your stomach.

A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.

By gaining the people, the kingdom is gained; by losing the people, the kingdom is lost.